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Show J - H I j I 5 I HIQQINBOTHAM ARRAIGNED ON j I l CHARGES OF ILLEGAL hV'I MB 1 U8E 0F MAIL HIh ' H ? Hu'f fl V' Aliened Jocular Blackmailer Held In BBjj 1 fl '!: 300 Bonds For Preliminary HP 1 BJ l. ji,' Hearing On Dec. 2. Rel- By ' . S IHJ Jj atlves Loyal To Bl' ' J Prisoner 1 i S i ' WUi 'II -' Ogden, Nov. 25. Charged with us- K ) w ,nB tll nm 8 t0 defrallJ on two com' be i f ' lila.ntH involving tho letters sent to HHr ! ' S' llaro d .1 . I'eory, his cousin, and tho mmi ' y ' ono to himself Joseph I-:. Hlgglnboth- IK ii'i' ? im was arraigned yesturduy after- fiji 1 t.1 f . - noon befoie Un.ted States Commls- Is i ) ,, kJ ' sloner Corn. Ho did not plead to ft'' tuo complMnts on advlco of hla coun- HKl ; ,j t''' "- so', Judgo II. II. Henderson. Tho If ' ! preliminary hearing was sot for Do- (!'. i r cember 2 and tho bond fixed at II ' 43000. It Is expected Hlgglnbotham iii". "' l)0 released today on a bond fur- K ' nlehed by his brother Frank, of Salt BS:'1 ' 1' Lake. Il'pglnliotham dlsplnycd no Hfl(' W ,. , (nervousness when arraigned. Tho 1' j fc - complaints woro read to him and the, 1 j ' ' iP i doto set within a few nilnutos. Tho HF ' n cntlro matter was without Incident. Hf " Postofllce Inspector McGeo brought Hfi i ) tho complaints from Salt Lake. After Ik i , 'i his arraignment Hlgglnbotham was ro- Ik ; I ' h J! manded to tho county Jail. Ho appear- it . , 7 ed cheerful but calm. ' " '; l ' It miis learnod yesterday, tho au- J t t thorities state, that Hlgglnbotham sWil ' f ' ' !"- f tlnJ wrltl(t" two other typewritten BJ ' ! ' letters to a woman in Salt Lako bgv- B i j, 1 cral weeks ago, threatening to expose B ' i ' 2 " ' certain matters to lior husband if sho K I v i did not show a disposition to ho pre- H i 1 pared to pay over h little money. Tho M J , ', letters woro anonymous. Bf ' h ' j j Prisoner Seemed Anxious ) f When Hlgglnbotham was being fl k j . questioned by tho pollco on Saturday BS I f ho expressed a deslro to go to Salt HI t ,, i Lnko. Ho seemed anxious to get BB t V f over there at once. When pressed J i, j, for lilfl reasetis, ho Bald ho wanted to BB )' i . seo Bomo ono on business. His ques- I tioners finally got him to tell tho H ': ' address of tho houso In Salt Liiko' B j I "i where ho wanted to go. fl i I'ostolllco Inspector McGce, Detect B t ' ho Tlncock and Deputy Sheriff Hob- BB . ' son went to Sn't Lake Sunday. They BB i called on Mrs. L. A. Stuuheusor. BB They had no Idea what connection B sho might have with tho Hlggiiboth- BB am letters, but they woro investlgat- B lie overy phaso of tho matter. Tho BB .men were about to leavo tho house, BB when sho sudden'y remombered that B she had received a couple of typo- Hj written letters, herself. Sho produced BBBtl them for tho pollco. Hl I Through n closo Inspection of the Hj' ! misspelled words In tho letters aim!- BBJ , lar to thoso In tho Pcery letter, us Bj wo'l as tho same kind of stationery, BBJ I the wilter of the letters was suspect- BBj I i ed to bo H'Kgiubothnm. Tho letters H I j Nero written on September 23 and Oc- BBj tober H ' Tho wording was similar to the H other two letters written by HigRln- H ! botliam, but no direct threats woro H ' ' J I contained in them. H , I When Hlgglnbotham was confront- H I ' ! eI with tho letters ho Is sti'd to have H ' ' j, l confessed that ho wrlto them. The H t f i Stunheusers expressed surpriso when H' i- '' tney learned who tho writer of tho B ' ' j ' letters was prnsmned to bo. Tho Hlg- B i .; glnbothnms and themselves were for- H ! . j ' ' ! ii'Pr nelghbora In this city. Tho hus-, R M band was employed In a locnl dry BBS ' foods storo about a year ago B , . , ' j h II wns If'-ficd yesterday that tho ill feileral authorities insist to press the siiiiV : . . . case aga'jist Hlgglnbotham and that It will be far from a Joko when they get through with It. If any attempt Is mado to free tho accused through testimony or lnck of testimony of Ills wife or relatives tho further charges on the Stunheuser letters will bo brought against him. An Interest'ng feature of tho arrest of Hlgglnbotham for tho mailing of tho I'eery letters wns mado known jesto'day. It seems thnt one of tho local detectives pinned his suspicions to Hlgglnbotham ns tho author of tho typewritten letters as soon as ho saw them. Ho based his suspicions on tho fact that tho nvcrago person would not havo spelled tho name Hlgglnbotham correctly unless It was their own .iamo. There would bo a varloty of ways of spelling it by nn-other. nn-other. The correct spoiling of tho name in several places In tho letturs put tho dotectlvo on his guard. They, I howovor, writ through with the i schemo to pretend to beUovo him Innocent, In-nocent, expecting he would eventual-i eventual-i ly confess. |